An incumbent State Senator isn’t supposed to lose. An incumbent President Pro Tempore of the State Senate really isn’t supposed to lose. It just doesn’t happen. So how did Lacey Lafferty’s lawyer, Anthony Delcollo (the guy had as the least likely of Dave Burris’ “fightin’ three young’uns” to win) knock off Blevins? Or, I guess you might ask, how did Blevins let the seat go?
I’m a lazy blogger who typically allows the commenters to fill in the blanks, so here is the quick take. Blevins lost big in the RD 4 and 21 parts of her district. How big? She underperformed Clinton by a mile in both.
What does it all mean? Did Blevins loose the eye of the tiger, like Rocky in Rocky 3? Or did people in that district simply start not liking her? To me, the numbers point to the latter. Blevins didn’t simply loosen her grip on a few voters and give a great candidate a shot. No. She pushed a bunch of voters into the arms of an okay candidate.
